About this title: French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois was born in Paris in 1911, settling in New York in 1938. She began exhibiting in New York in the 1940s, and has played a vital role in contemporary art for over half a century. Her 1982 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York was the gallery's first ever retrospective for a woman. It revealed a sculptor of immense distinction working with many materials, from marble and bronze to latex, fabric and mirror. Since then, Bourgeois has exhibited worldwide producing a beguiling body of work featuring spiders, cages, drawings and a range of found ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fondazione Prada
Date Published: 2-1-98
ISBN-13:9788887029048ISBN:8887029040
Description: FAIR. Crisp clean unmarked unread paperback with light shelfwear to the covers. The text block is unglued from the spine but is the pages are still together and strong. Some glue to the page edges along the spine would fix this problem STILL NICE! 3.91 lbs. read more
Binding: cloth boards issued without dust jacket
Publisher: C & M Arts, New York, NY
Date Published: 2001
Description: Fine. As issued. 27.5 x 22 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held April 12-June 9, 2001. Essay by Robert Pincus-Witten. Includes list of works in exhibition. [59] pp. read more
Description: NY: Abrams, 1994, large 4to, 144 pages, 86 illustrations, 29 in color; fine book in fine dust jacket. Catalogue of the last decade's sculptures and drawings shown at the Brooklyn Museum and Concoran Gallery of Art. read more
Edition: Text is Free of Markings
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford, CT
Date Published: 1996
Description: Very Good Plus. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Unpaginated. 162 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Note: Cover crease to lower back corner. This book is bound in signatures and then stiched on the spine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Inverleith House in association with Cheim & Read, New York
Date Published: 2008
Description: New. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. Two volumes in slipcase. Illustrated boards. Issued without dustjackets. 1/ Echo: 21 full-page plates. 2/ Nature Study: 28 full-page plates. Texts by Paul Nesbitt and Philip Larratt-Smith. Tight, clean and crisp. Brand New, and in perfect condition. Collectible. read more
Edition: First Edition 1/1800
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Zucker Art Books, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979032127ISBN:0979032121
Description: (BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Bourgeois, Louise. LOUISE BOURGEOIS: ODE A LA BIEVRE. New York: Zucker Art Books, 2007. First Edition 1/1800. Oblong Folio. Linen Over Boards, Slipcased. Artist's Book. As New. /No Jacket-As Issued. 52pp, 25 color illustrations. Designed by Louise Bourgeois. "When Louise Bourgeois was eight years old in 1919, her family moved to the Parisian suburb of Antony where the Bievre River cut across the garden in a straight line. The river was key to their relocation as it was ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780915577132ISBN:0915577135
Description: Near Fine. Exh. Cat. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Unpaginated, numerous b&w illus. Essays by Stuart Morgan. Tight clean copy; no marks, tears. Like new. read more
Binding: paperback
Publisher: The Taft Museum, Cincinnati
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780915577132ISBN:0915577135
Description: Very good(+) Essays by Stuart Morgan. Illustrated in b/w throughout. Slim 4to, pictorial paper wrappers (bottom edge of spine very lightly rubbed, top corner of back cover bumped). Cincinnati: The Taft Museum, 1987. A very good(+) copy. An exhibition catalogue. read more
Description: Bourgeois, Louise. Very Good. Paper. Very Good. 9 1/2 x 11 3/4". ISBN: 88-87029-04-0. Covers dull(surface abraisons), Mild bump to one corner. About 200 duotone illsutrations. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cheim & Read
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781499521818ISBN:1499521812
Description: As New. No Jacket, As Issued. NEW in publishers shrinkwrap. 2 hard bound monographs (Echo and Nature Study) both in publishers slipcase. read more
"As a 20 page catalog, this isn't bad. There are around 14 pieces.
The bio of the artist is interesting, and well worth reading.
Most of the photos are large and take up a page.
The down side is that several of the pieces are not her most interesting. At least to me, as a fan of her more organic sculptures. (Maybe I've just seen work like the wringing hands, and headless body arched in hot sex too many times.)
One exception is a brilliant and little known sculpture, "Mamelles/Mammelle".
There is another large photo of a gorgeous piece "Untitled (With Growth)," Next to the spiders, this is one of her most famous motifs - finger (or phallic) clusters growing out of stone. The lighting and photography were wonderful. Unfortunately, there is no mention of the materials that went into the piece.
Also interesting is Ventuse/Ventosa with crystalline light bulbs growing out of a stone block.
Another fairly interesting sculpture is "Nature Study," but we only see an extreme side view.
So to summarize - slim magazine, good writing, a handful of exceptional sculptures.
Yes, it was worth the $20 price of admission. Especially when books jam packed with Bourgeois sculptures, like Memory and Architecture, are going for over $300.
Hopefully someday, people will be able to view most of the work by this gifted artist without having to refinance their house."
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